Thorne discussed the shot in Netflix's making-of documentary. "It was an example of the technical meeting the story and finding a fusion, which is actually better than anything that the story had come up with on its own," he says. All four episodes of Adolescence are streaming on Netflix.

Adolescence” has already set a major viewership record after its second weekend of streaming on Netflix. After opening with a massive 24.3 million views in its first four days, “Adolescence” was the most watched title on Netflix during the week of March 17-23 with another 42 million views,

Netflix’s modest British limited series Adolescence has continued to captivate audiences, while Shondaland’s latest offering The Residence seemed to debut below expectations. Adolescence amassed 42M views from March 17 to 23,